Winner, unofficial result · U.S. House, MT-01
Samuel Kelley Forstag
- Over
- Aaron Flint (Republican), 46.6%
- Votes
- 135,096 (10,369 ahead)
- Term begins
- January 3, 2027
Unofficial result, not yet certified. Source: Wikipedia (House results table) · read 2026-11-13
Called it. Before the polls closed, Vugol.Me called this race for the Democrat (D +3.0, a toss-up, from the Vugol Vector model) and the Democrat won. Every call, frozen before polls closed
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Overview
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- Occupation
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The race
U.S. House, MT-01. Won with 50.5%, 3.9 points ahead over Aaron Flint.
- Sam Forstag Democratic · winner50.5%
- Aaron Flint Republican46.6%
- Nick Sheedy L2.9%
Source: Wikipedia (House results table) · retrieved 2026-11-13 · unofficial until certified
Polls and models against the result
- Frozen call
- Democrat (D +3.0, a toss-up, from the Vugol Vector model)
- Result
- D +3.9
- Difference
- 0.9 points
Source: Vugol.Me calls ledger, frozen before polls closed and never edited after. Margins are Republican minus Democrat.
Money
Principal campaign committee: SAM FOR MONTANA. Covers January 1, 2026 to October 14, 2026; latest report: Pre-General. Money raised after that date appears once the next report is filed.
Where the money came from
34.2% of the $3,488,568 from individuals came in contributions the FEC does not itemize (donors who gave $200 or less in total).
- Individuals, unitemized (donors giving $200 or less in total)27.7%$1,193,965
- Individuals, itemized53.2%$2,294,603
- Other political committees (PACs)9.3%$400,050
- Party committees0.0%$1,700
- The candidate (own money and loans)0.0%$1,347
- Transfers, other loans and other receipts9.8%$420,445
Employers donors listed
- ICSI$7,0002 contributions
- KESSLER SCHNEIDER$7,0002 contributions
- LONE PINE CAPITAL$7,0002 contributions
- LUPA SYSTEMS$7,0002 contributions
- MEDLEY PARTNERS LLC$7,0002 contributions
- ORACLE$7,0006 contributions
- QUADRIVIUM FOUNDATION$7,0002 contributions
- SAGEVIEW CAPITAL$7,0002 contributions
- XN LP$7,0002 contributions
- AMY WHITE$5,5002 contributions
Sum of itemized individual contributions by the employer the donor listed. These are employees giving as individuals, not donations by the companies. Entries such as retired, not employed or self-employed are left out of this list.
Source: Federal Election Commission (OpenFEC) · reports filed through October 14, 2026 · retrieved 2026-11-10 · filings can be amended · response hash e7a00a6a6132
Industries
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Record
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Issues and positions
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Contact and links
- Website
- samformontana.com official
- Campaign email
- press@samformontana.com · source
- Social
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Timeline
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Offices and dates: Wikidata (CC0). Elections: Vugol.Me candidacy record.
All sources
- Result: Wikipedia (House results table), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2026_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Montana&oldid=1385450770
- Call time: Called by Wikipedia editors 4:26 PM ET (revision)
- Pre-election call: Vugol.Me calls ledger (frozen), /calls
- Term start: U.S. Constitution, 20th Amendment, section 1
- Campaign finance: Federal Election Commission
- Roster, FEC filing https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H6MT01137/
- photo_curated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Forstag
- photo_curated_gallery https://samformontana.com/
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